MV Brown & Chao-Ying Rao: SKIN FLICKS
The final weekend in Cabbage’s month-long takeover of French Street Gallery concludes with Skin Flicks, an exhibition of work by MV Brown and Chao-Ying Rao. Sharing an interest in the definitions of personhood through the lens of objectification, digital existence, and authenticity, the artists will
Time & Location
23 Sept 2022, 18:00 – 25 Sept 2022, 17:00
French Street, French St, Glasgow, UK
About the event
MV Brown’s work examines transhuman digital existences, where multiple versions or interpretations of oneself sit within a metaverse of identity. Exploring the world of deepfakes and selfies, Brown describes her new work as a “camp display of digital selfhood”, and brings into question the reality of an authentic self - how do we present ourselves digitally and how do others perceive, through their own biases and viewpoints, the different personas we create?
Chao-Ying Rao’s work also examines representations of the self. In this new work, she dissects the persistent fetishisation of Asian women through collaging and reviewing memorable moments in Western culture. Questioning the ideas of the ‘Asian mystique’ and how it manifests in popular culture, Rao examines how the legacy of orientalism continues to manifest in spaces both physical and digital.
MV Brown would like to thank Saturn Akin at Intertidal Objects for their 3D support throughout this project…